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Example Sentences
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Lawton is one of many veterans from across the UK who contacted BBC Your Voice after receiving letters out of the blue seeking money they didn't know they owed.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The CDC says the increase in life expectancy in 2024 primarily owed to declining death rates from unintentional injuries, including drug overdoses, Covid, heart disease, cancer and homicide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“People were feeling like they owed it to these characters to deliver for them,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
China’s leaders are in the midst of a campaign to recoup hundreds of billions of dollars worth of unpaid capital-gains and income taxes owed by wealthy Chinese citizens.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
We owed something to each one of these people.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
